Home Depot, Lowe's May Get a Boost from Isaac

Hurricane Isaac became Tropical Storm Isaac once again Wednesday after making landfall in the southeastern United States, but the while Gulf Coast residents assess the damage from the slow-moving storm, investors are evaluating the impact on stocks across sectors such as energy, insurance and even gaming.

Offshore oil and natural gas production was largely shut down leading up to the storm, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and gasoline prices saw their biggest one-day jump in 18 months, but early reports say the regions refineries were left largely untouched

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The Home Depot will being to roll-out major appliance from Electrolux.

Electrolux sells appliances under the Electrolux, Frigidaire, and Frigidaire Gallery brands. The Home Depot product line includes ovens, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers and laundry machines

Retail Excellence : BrandSmart: Taking Back the CE Industry
August 8, 2012
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The way Michael Perlman sees it, there probably has never been a worse time to be a traditional consumer electronics retailer: A relentlessly bad economy has battered sales and beaten back consumer confidence; anyone can find just about anything cheaper on the Internet (and, in most cases, skip the state sales tax while doing so); the general CE industry has practically handed customers over to Apple. The list goes on.